Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crossfire

2 senses of crossfire

Sense 1
crossfire -- (a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions)
       => conversation -- (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)

Sense 2
crossfire -- (fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross)
       => fire, firing -- (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire")